Page 6: Historical Events In January - 01

1844  On January - 01 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week)   

1845  The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is completed on January - 01.   

1846  Yucatan declares independence from México on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history yucatan declares independence from Mexico   

1846  Nikola Pasic, Serbian nationalist/premier (1891..1926) on this day in history.   

1847  On January - 01 michigan is first state to abolish capital punishment   

1847  On this day in history netherlands Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing   

1847  Michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment on this day in history.   

1848  On January - 01 britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua   

1850  Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1851  On this day in history city of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line   

1852  On this day in history netherlands begins issuing postage stamps   

1852  The first US public bath opens in New York City NY on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history 1st US public bath opens, in NYC   

1853  The first practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service on this day in history.   

1853  On January - 01 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service   

1853  Hans Koessler, composer on January - 01.   

1854  On this day in history lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford PA)   

1854  On January - 01 lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn)   

1854  James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough) on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history canada begins using decimal currency system   

1860  Slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies on January - 01.   

1860  On this day in history slavery ends of in Neth Indies   

1861  Porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City on January - 01.   

1861  President Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of Fort McRee FL, Battle of Port Royal SC (Port Royal Ferry) on January - 01.   

1862  The first US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000) on January - 01.   

1862  US income tax goes into effect (3% of incomes > $600,% of incomes > $10,000) on January - 01.   

1862  On this day in history 1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)   

1862  On January - 01 snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera)   

1863  Battle of Galveston, TX - Confederates recapture the city on this day in history.   

1863  Battle of Helena AK on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln   

1863  The birth of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern olympics on January - 01.   

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0766  On January - 01 birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)   

1387  Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87) was born on January - 01.   

1431  On January - 01 birth of alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)   

1449  On January - 01 birth of lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence   

1449  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on this day in history.   

1467  On this day in history birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland   

1481  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on January - 01.   

1484  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531) was born on January - 01.   

0379  On this day in history basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies   

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on this day in history.   

0898  On this day in history odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39   

0962  Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies on January - 01.   

1204  On January - 01 death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)   

1387  Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on January - 01.   

1502  Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies on this day in history.   

1515  On this day in history louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52